 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 sidor
...in alabaster? Act i. Sc. 1. I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! Act i. Sc. 1. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing ; more...when you have them, they are not worth the search. Act i. Sc. 3. Even there, where merchants most do congregate. Act i. Sc. 3. The Devil can cite Scripture... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 374 sidor
...spring and winter trade. — The Bookseller, in The Citizen of the World — Goldsmith. DCCCCLXXVH. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...when you have them, they are not worth the search. — Shakspcare. DCCCCLXXVIII. At the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter; nor... | |
 | 1856 - 372 sidor
...spring and winter trade. — The Bookseller, in The Citizen of the World — Goldsmith. DCCCCLXXVIL Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...when you have them, they are not worth the search. — Shakspcare. DCCCCLXXVIIL At the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter; nor will... | |
 | 1856 - 262 sidor
...Scene 1. GRATIANO— MK. CHAS. SOUTHWELL. " He speaks an infinite deal of nothing. His reasons are two grains of wheat, hid in two bushels of chaff ;...when you have them, they are not worth the search." Merchant of Venice — Act 1, Scene 1. BOTTOM— MR. HENRY KEMBLE. "My chief humour is for a tyrant.... | |
 | 1840 - 708 sidor
...they say of their preacher as Bassanio said of Gratiano, " He speaks an infinite deal of nothing ; his reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two...seek all day ere you find them, and when you have found them, they are not worth the search," the consequence is, the hearers lose the character of hearers,... | |
 | Christian Bouscaren - 1966 - 260 sidor
...dismissed me. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff :...when you have them, they are not worth the search. SHAKESPEARE : Merchant of Venice — 1-1-1 14. 123 to call, 'draw or attract so's attention (0) : attirer... | |
 | 1904 - 510 sidor
...become like Gratiano, the ancient proser, who spoke an infinite deal of nothing; and whose reasons were as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff;...when you have them they are not worth the search." Truth brings unity, and unity strength and power. Let us all work for the advancement of truth, that... | |
 | Hans-Jürgen Weckermann - 1978 - 380 sidor
...wird: Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are äs two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you...when you have them they are not worth the search. (MV I. i. 114-118) Diese Bemerkung Bassanios hebt in aller Deutlichkeit den Gebrauch von Sprache um... | |
 | Keir Elam - 1984 - 360 sidor
...Ant. It is that anything now. Bass. Gratiano speaks an inf1nite deal of nothing (more than any man in Venice), his reasons are as two grains of wheat hid...when you have them, they are not worth the search, (1. 1. 79-118) There is, perhaps, a certain irony in so much talk about too much talk. And Gratiano's... | |
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Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search. 
